Posts Tagged: Trump foreign policy
Trump Defends Syria Pullout During Surprise Visit to Iraq
President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to withdraw US troops from Syria during an unannounced visit to Iraq, saying that many people will start seeing...
US Defense Chief Mattis Quits After Clashing With Trump on Policies
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis abruptly said he was quitting on Thursday after falling out with President Donald Trump over his foreign policies, including surprise decisions to...
Saudi Prince Leaves G-20 Confident and Bolstered After Khashoggi Murder
First there was a high-five from Vladimir Putin. Then, for Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi, it was business as usual. At home, Saudi Arabia’s media trumpeted Crown Prince Muhammad bin...
How Will the 2018 Elections Impact US National Security Policy?
While national security and foreign policy did not play a role in the November 2018 Congressional elections, the outcome of that election will impact President...
Why Nothing Will Change on Saudi Arabia
In my book The Arab Lobby, I documented how Saudi Arabia undermines our values and interests. No one cared then, and I don't think they...
After Khashoggi, Will US Continue Faustian Bargain With the Saudis?
For decades, many in the United States looked the other way as the Saudis undermined US values and interests. Then the Saudis committed an unpardonable sin that merited the...
The Woman Who Showed How Americans Can Succeed at the UN
JNS.org - The resignation of US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley took the political world by surprise, but it’s likely that no one...
US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley Resigns, Will Leave Post at Year’s End
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, announced on Tuesday she is resigning, and immediately denied she was preparing to challenge President Donald Trump in...
Saving the Transatlantic Partnership in the Age of Trump
These days, I consider myself an endangered species. I am a committed transatlanticist. Until just a few years back, that was rather unexceptional. But no...
The Deteriorating Trump Presidency: The Risk of Nuclear War
At a moment when the Trump presidency is plainly in steep decline, the ultimate hazard remains a nuclear incident. In essence, there are now various...
A Way Toward a Better World
In the introduction to his eccentric but still magisterial The Decline of the West (1918), Oswald Spengler acknowledges the inspirational “philosophy of Goethe.” More precisely,...
Under Fire in Congress, Pompeo Defends Trump’s Putin Summit
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday vigorously defended President Donald Trump's foreign policy actions as senators from both parties denounced Trump's behavior, particularly...
After Helsinki, US Abandons Its Legal Obligations in Syria
Among several noteworthy and interrelated Helsinki summit policy derelictions -- most obviously, Vladimir Putin’s still unpunished aggressions in Crimea -- US President Donald Trump chose to ignore America’s...
Transatlantic Ties Hang in the Balance as Trump Comes to Europe
European leaders say they no longer have any illusions about Donald Trump as they welcome the US president at a NATO summit this week, but...
